Wooden partition



F-.- G HIMPLER. Woodn Partition.

No. 223,734. Patented Jan. 20, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANCIS G. HIMPLER, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

WOODEN PARTITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,734, dated January 20, 1880. Application filed November 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, the undersigned, FRAN- cIs GEORGE HIMPLER, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in wooden partitions of buildings for the purpose of avoiding shrinkage and shortening'the height of the partitions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a building embodying the improvements in my invention, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detail views of the improvements.

A designates the walls of a building, and B the studs ot' the basementpartition, which stand on the cellar-wall and run up into a channel-beam, O, of cast or wrought iron. The studs D of the partition in the next story pass between the joisfs E and set into the channel-beam O, which is double-channeled, as shown. Wooden rails are set between the studs, as usual. When the partition does not continue into a higher story single iron channel-beams are used as heads, as indicated at D. Where a free-spanned wooden partition crosses the joists of the floor, and a far-projecting iron girder. below the joists would be objectionable in the ceiling below, I employ an iron sill, E, which is fastened by screw-bolts into each joist. Wooden strips F, secured to the sides of the studs F so as to embrace the sill E, will prevent any deviation from the straight line or the shoving oft of the studs from the sill.

Where a free-spanned partition, G, runs parallel with the joists the girder-sill H is used. The ends of this girder have their bearings in the walls A, or on the head of a partition running at right angles underneath. The studs in this partition fit into an upper channel in thegirder-sill H, and are separated by the usual rails.

In order to prevent the flanges upon the channel-beam G from pressing into the joists, I secure upon the under side of each joist an iron plate, which fits into the channel of the said beam G.

What I claim, and ters Patent, is-

1. In a building, the Wooden partition formed of studding and rails, the double-channel iron beam 0 and the channel iron beam D, the said parts being arranged substantially as set forth, and the studs being passed between and independently of the joists, as and for the purpose specified. v

2. In a building, the combination, with iron channel-beams, of wooden partitions composed of studs passed between the joists and-set into the iron channel-beams, and the joists with iron plates set into the upper groove in said iron channel-beams, all substantially asset forth.

3. In a building formed with wooden partitions composed of studs and rails, the coinbination, with the iron sill E, bolted to the joists, of the studs resting upon said sill and held inplace thereon by the side pieces, F, substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto-subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS GEORGE HIMPLER.

WM. HENRY MOLYNEUX.

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